This was so fun! Hubby and I had a lot of fun making this. It tasted so good! Your not going to get my favor unless you cook it on the open fire. Cause cooking over the fire and cooking over a stove doesn’t give you the same flavor! I used cut boneless skinless chicken breasts Onions, celery, carrots, peas Barley Bay leaves, thyme, salt, pepper, parsley, chicken stock powder Butter or margarine and oilGet the fire going and the cauldron nice and hotI start with the oil, butter, salt, pepper, onions, celery, carrots. Cook for about 10 minites. Stirring frequently.Lucky is always close by. Snuggled in his feather blanket, laying in his bed outside, must be nice eh?! I add the chicken, barley and garlic now. Cook til chicken almost cooked. Stirring frequently.I then add everything else in about 8 cups of water. Boil for about 1 hour. Stirring occasionally. This should not stick to bottom of pot. When done it will be cooked down and nicely thickened. Serve with homemade bread.
I love my side kick. Don’t you?! He’s just too cute hehehe One of hubby and I’s favorite snack. Inspired by 2 dishes we loved from restaurants. The Steak bites served with sesame sauce at Canadian Brewhouse in Canada are awesome, one of their best sellers! These Szchewan Beans we used to eat at Milestones in Alberta. We just loved them. Although they are not on the menu anymore. Costco Canada now actually sells a szchewan green bean kit to make these, they aren’t bad! Steak bites. Marinated in soya sauce for a couple hours. Then put your favorite steak spice on them. These beans, I could eat this whole pan lol! The green beans I put them in that pan just covered with water and boil til almost cooked. I drain water. And add about 2TBSP of this sauce. I make this sauce ahead this stores in my fridge til needed. 1TSP Szchewan peppercorns 1/4CUP soy sauce 3TBSP honey 1TBSP sesame oil 1TBSP rice wine vinegar 1TBSP Chinese cooking wine or mirin 3 garlic cloves, finely minced 2TSP fresh ginger, finely minced 1TBSP garlic chili paste more for more spicy or 1TSP chili flakes 1/2TSP Chinese five spice Cooked this on my cast iron grill pan over the open fire, the color and smoked flavour wow. So good. Serve with toothpick and sesame sauce to dip. I do prefer a homemade sauce but it isn’t a sauce that lasts long so yeah, I normally buy it.Add my beans to the pan, put couple TBSP sauce on, mix, throw some sesame seeds on.Little to that sizzle. This cast iron pan is a beast, we love it!Enjoy in the sun, snow, whenever!
Lucky is just the cutest thing ever! Another incredible dish over the fire. Hubby just loved it. Although he loves curry! When I buy my meat at the grocery store before freezing it I prepare and or add some things to it before freezing. This was a pack of chicken thighs. Skin on and bone in. I added some curry, chili powder, tumeric, onions & mushrooms some oil to mix it all around til well incorporated. I had put in freezer bag and froze. Add the thawed chicken mixture to a hot cauldron with the oil & butter added. Cook til thigh skins are nicely browned.Lucky is protecting our snack over there!I need something for huddy and I to nibble on while we cook lolWhen thighs are browned. I add everything else. 8cups chicken stock, lots of cut up onions, carrots cut in big pieces, peas, garlic, couple TBSP curry & Thai Chilis. Boil for an hour or more. This smells incredible and tastes as good as it looks! Serve with some rice.
This is one of the best soup I’ve ever had! Unless your cooking it over the open fire you won’t get that smokey flavor I did. Lucky is supervising he said I cut the veggies well hahaCut up honey ham Potates Carrots Celery Canned corn Canned cream corn Garlic Stock stock Oil/butter Salt, pepper, bay leaves, thyme, rosemary & parsleyGet your fire going and your cauldron hot! Add your butter and oil. Then onions, carrots and celery. Cook few minutes. Stirring. Add garlic. Stirring, cook couple minutes.Lucky is chillin’Add all spices, salt & pepper. 8 cups of chicken stock. You want to boil this for a bit. About an hour.While we’re waiting , kids arrived home from school and you all know what they wanted?! What’s for snack today? S’mores it is. Did there faces ever light up!There shouldn’t be much stock left but still enough to just cover the rest of stuff. Add cut potatoes, corns, ham & green onions. Boil down til potatoes done and it’s nicely thickened. I don’t add flour and or cornstarch. This one naturally thickens for me. We were cooking lots of stuff over the fire this day and I was onto recipe two so I needed to transfer this soup into a different pot as I needed my cauldron. That’s why finished product in something different ;0) It got devoured fast!
